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in thirty days, in case ot public sai atm quarter I
iy iti oa-e of private sale, an account of ail tu j
public moneys by lnui re*iive4, to ike Scaeti.ru ]
v/ t'iC l'.CuAitry and to ~i c. itieit uj ,h c* a j
fires, as ilic case may ./«. ti . jinMi'i |
i T ui tire tiuujr>J Joi.uiv ,ci i.i.to to, a a < u
Uiiastoo oi o.ic par centum on ne um <a.e .
tJ . boi th* :-alaiy lor any uu< xnai. uo: .•»
a, u j.i ,OtM. i lie Secretary o> the , i.asut»
uiay allow u» the .-everal receivers ol til..* jiaoli**
uiu ey at tile lauu offices, a reasonable louipiu
satiou lor transporting to ami depoß.tiug • u,fi
uiuueys m arty baa* or any other place ot depos
ite that may from time to time be designated by
the Secretary otthe Treasury for that purpose,
lie is also authorized to prescribe such further reg
ulations iu the manner of keeping books and ac
counts by the »ev eta) the land offices.
as to him may appear necessary and proper. It is
made his duty, at least once a year, to cause the
fcaoksoi the officers of the land offices to he ux
a united, aiid the ba.auce of public motleys in the
hands of the several receivers to he ascertaiued.
The foregoing synopsis of the law relative to
land receivers, and the correspondence with a
portion of those who have proved s and
faithless to their trusts, are submitted without
further comm i», than that the lads and cite urn
stances here exhibited shows such a dereliction of
dmy oil thep.tr ibe :.e-lit ih p f.’inciit tscalls
loudly for searching eii uioatiju mto litis branch
of file public service, and lor a thorough reform.
The practice which the bie.ioing correspon
dence exhibits, o: retaining nit-u to office aft *r
gross and repeated viohuiciis ot i«tw in keeping at and
using the public moneys tor private speculatio t
an i the character of the corre-pondeuee itseit Itur
too clearly point to the inference tiiat such officers
were tetuuicd in place because ttiry ’ ex
ensive political indue me. ami.« ere useful au>l ac
tive partisans. Whether >uch trial ailiniin-ii
tiott constitutes official corruption in those su.a
rior officers of the Extcutue t.Vuarttiieiits v.J-.c
knew of -. 11111 permitted in their s i.oi it*..>-, tp.
conduct which has been re'erred to, .1 q-.., .tmi
which the Cuiumt tee .übiitit to the lit it i
the country t , U- *
PAR
THE
i-■ rial 0
LOP 'll IJI TUU! hfiAUA- fi 11.
It, ( OT.ciusi .Tt, the Committee cai > <tf tote.,r
rein *t,tb-t. during their whole iuTesrtgatioti,
; .re •; '* ! -uni ( use to which the Ira-,
as they ui.ea . j ejeua «.o cot apply, or in which
they ire defective. The permanent j-ri.visioitsot
the Uws stiluh. every necessary check upon
colit i !•< ! iv : . • ::•••>. • .-.t public itioti*
-> tit v<- i . on and
inn be me :i-. .t; t*i - discretion ol lie Execu
tive, h ive only to ho attended t*. and applied by
those whose duty it is lo superintend (he execu
tion ot the laws, to ensure faithfulness, and de
tect dtrelictioi’- or defalcations t.i public officers
Indeed ft lithe new t' cinrinK'mhitions which
lnive bee-: pic-posed by t| * '’resident nr the .'.ec •
ret ary of the i rmismy me (.'uiritiihtee has mund
either wh it already exists, »*r * hut -light have al
ways been prescribe!! and enforced in t’ne form of
Treasury regulations, tmd tvhich il eniiuc ml,
would have prevented the late defalcations: and
these new recommendations ran, indeed, be re
cardeil as so many proofs of w hat regulations in
respect to tin- late defaulting collet tors, receiv
ers. liave lieeti hitherto wholly neglected by
the presetit Executive* and heads of Departments.
PART VI. MR. HOPKINS’ SPEt lALCON
CU RREN*; KIN T 11E RKPOR TO F TII F
COMMITTEE, APPENDED THERETO
BY VOTE OF THE COMMITTEE.
1 have not h and the requisite tune for scrutini
zing the report of the t emmittee with that < ate
and attention wiii *h te It n. fli and itoportancedt
serve, and which I would have desire 1; and i
should have preferred, for tins reason, to have
presented (lie journal of the Committee, without
comment, tu th- House of Kepresenthtiven. Bet
ai tomU ri:.g opinions rr -vail m the Cotuniittee,
ami a e lorn 1 - . '-iiiiftm! to the country iu tiie shape
of iorrnsi rep o is, I con-der it my duty to s. y that
I com.nr w dhtn *. u n ittee in all the ctiticlu
•j.'cs at w'-o li fhijr 1, 've arrived, so far a- those
co.iciijv-.* i|.j.i* ■> th extent ami char ndcr ot
ti.e rt; *e' • .t:-« *** '..■** S.ratt • out and Will
iam M. Price
Ic, u i), 'adbi-css to iny ilAtv. aaU do tio-
IrTici 1 v “ '-hC ciMlscOMlii iu-- oo1v;i"lons of iy
judgment, ,1 t aid not ilßo declare mv entire con
currcr.ce in those concltt- ons ol the ( <>n uiittco
which relate to V c oiu'v.-1 r.f tV- late naval offi
cer of the costn n L <• -*t N, j w \oik to the
late and pres*; >, ,!ie;t-Jf ot the Tfcasury to the
Secretaty ami accounting ,)J *h« ■ f'-asiirv
Denartment. including the Dt- floiuptj-oMer t
t ! Depnrtment and i* that oar! o. -‘" '
tvlucb reviews the conducl of J. Hoyt, thr*
sent collector of the customs at the port ol Xe
York.
GEO. \V. HrfPKINS.
Member of the Committee.
To the Kids's of the Xational Intclti <rc.nrer.
House of Representatives, Fell JB.
enti.emen : On the 26th instant, after the
Select Committee on the late Dcfak ai ions had
con» ’tided its labors and ordered its report to be
made. 1 receiv-d the enclosed letter from Win.
.'.Price. lam assured that the letter is genu
ine, and therefore send it to you for publication,
t have no other way of complying with his re
quest to ’‘pul his plea” upon “the record.”
Respectfully, HENRY A WISE.
Sir : By a letter this day received from Wash
ington, I learn that, on the 27th day of Decem
ber last, you stand on the floor of Congress that
you had been informed :
Ist. That 1 had sold a bond given to the TT
nited States in the sum of $50,000 for .s.<o 009.
iu order to get gold for it.
2d. That I had taken with me to Liv rpool
SI 00.000 in gold.
And 3d. That the Secretary of th“ Treasury
had made inquiry into my aceounta and found a
deficit of $40,000.
The first and second item- of your informant
appear to have been stated as mattdis of fact.
So help me God, sir, some villian has abused
you with the most malignant misrepresentations.
I never sold a bond given to the United Shoes in !
*he sum of 50,000. or any otb ( 'r sum. for 30.000
or any other amount, m order to get f>U sir if.
ot for any other purpose. In either feint cr <
stauce, the assertion is infamously untrue, "sui. i
ahe/uo uljo vestimento."
Equally untrue is it that T canio I with me to |
Liverpool SIOO 000 in gold f never, at my one !
ibatant of my life had in my possession a tuhepart j
ol such a mou it o gold, l purcha.&d in Wall
■reel, th* day pi ceding u.y departure, one liuu
tired auJfiiy pounds -teri, ill go,«l ; and that
was all t.e gold l purchased. « ch*n id. pro
erred „r tiai «c ui possess.at the t.um or my
lepar ure
Asti, .he h-t I loin, •« > t. tbit the S. c.i.aiy
u- i.e t reasury tiaj made u j iiry into m . ac
co • .in iiid foum: ad licit i su:.oUl>. i c only
*:: v ;,ai in- uiu-t hare do ie so. then, with In*, pro
v -Dinkact uracy. He i- not—he could not have
Us ii at that tiuiv iu- possraioii ot' any credits
Phen how iare a sworn xccountiu4 officer of the
truveruiuent mike the debit side only of an ac
count trie evideuce by which lie would prove n e
to be a defaulter/
1 have not, of course, my accounts here far ex
amination. but 1 woo and be both legally and equit
ably entitled to allowances which would probably
be denied to use at the Treasury.
Os such description I will present to you, from
memory, one or two, out oi' very Ireq leutly occur
ring cases, iu the course of what was called the
panic:
Mr. Woodbury, during that year, directed me
to prosecute to collection the bonds of New York
banks and flew York ire; chart.- to the amount of
several millions of dollars. *By the general bank
'iipli-y it would produce, i entreated linn not to
enforce his order* At the request of the Board
of Trade of New York. 1 repaired to Washington
to stay the mischief. I succeeded in my object,
andjwas instructed to negociate with the parties.
1 allude especially to the Dry Dock Bunk of New
York, and toe Bank of Brooklyn, whose bonds a
mounted to more than a million of dollars. As
attorney of t e United States, I had repeated in
t-rtievvs with those institutions; the indulgence
they asked wa: granted, and they honorably dis
charged their indebtedness to the Government,
i w is not a salary officer, and there could have
been, in such proceedings, no costs of suit. The
Secretary hold* all like services to be gratuitous;
and I presume he means to insist upon a jury of
tlie country -it-se.-.ri g fn-ai his construction of
allowance at the Treasure.
I h* i not, **t at ill- :;ne ol 1 is sratements of
».y ar.-oiinis. been thore »i*ew, absent from my
country and, yet, with- that time, Mr, Wood
bui « rhont that detent notice'which the law ot
evi * ue give: tome iu.au unquestionable ab
-eiit d-’'toi . i.tpi.. At- t * ie* i quiry adjudges
me to be a defaulter >.- u o u.iirne. A just
allowance ot try c’st uu.ti tbe Department
will entitle me to a balance over and above all a
inounts receivf-u by me from det.tors of the Gov
eminent.
Alttiough tiie - vend millions of dues transmit
ted to nit for collection in tiie course of the last
five years, should makp mv compensation appear
to be immense, stilLthe law which has allowed
such r ites o compensation to others must, until
altered or repealed, secure it to me.
It is mighty easy to charge high crimes, especi
ally from high piaces; but, before Mr. Woodbu
ry pronounced me, "upon inquiry into my ac
counts,” for five years, robe, a defaulter, lies ho ml
have recollected his letter addressed tome within
the last six months, approving, in almost fulsome
tetms of approbation, my official conduct during
the term of iny appointment. He will, i hope, fa
vor you with a perusal ot the draught.
If, "upon inquiry,” he then
approved my whole course in office he lias been
cruelly precipitate in his late conclusion ; or. ifhe
paid me the compliment without »n examination
of my affairs it is valueless, and lie is welcome to
it again. Ifhe can so abstract himself from the
general confusion of ins official concerns as to al
low me the credits to which I am justly entitled.
! w ill stand at least wholly absolved from the in -
debtedness he has charged.
My motives lor the resignation of mv office and
coming hither, will, in due season, be deemed un
questionably correct.
I am not here upon departure from any official
respons bility. lam here upon matters of great
private moment to myself and family, and I wiil,
upon any issue the Treasury may tender, absolv.
myself, iu tiie judgment of every just man, from
any wrdT.g done to it.
1 claim sir, from your sense of justice, that
while deb iting upon tiie postulates above referred
to you will at 1 ast, permit me to j tit my plea on
record.’
I am, sir. vn«r imist obedient servant,
WILLIAM M. PRICE
Henry A. Wise, Esq.
Corretoon levee of the Intel!.: . ncei
New York ‘larcli 15
Erotu r • s»* •t of iv a ‘ *e hive uewa appa
rently belligerent, but Ido not credit if. The ri
deft * wxoresscs from Moult, report a good mam
things ‘in a-lvam rof tV mad ” Y,,w we hea’r
dr t 'Air John II nm ,ah ,ut to tale ossessio'
of a Ita forthv, rV H-i ; ui .tt rtiii* urpos-
IS nnsr. hitrg emiceiarut g in- .r.-opb, aud lel
; 'g tre.-s *.. o .-.net !: e •> v mce of the nes of
Maine. Unii.iula .1 1 > this is iu part correct, hut
it i- no more certain that S r John is about to do
this than tlf’t flu I Itli "'iic.r ha I reached Mud
a« asUa.
F toll! Augusta, she caj)iial ol M.iitie, we have
more pu cable signs G..v Fairfield on Sun
day eoiintenmindec he order for (he advance of
the Cmnberiand and Oxtoro militia, and they are
to encamp in Augusta until the Legislature acts
upon a message the Governor is about to trans
mit. I hear also that Gen. Scott is making an
impression, and the Hon. Mr. Williams has be
come a peace man ; and, though there is hut lit
tle probability that .Maine will agree to abandon
the occupation of the Aroostook, vet when Gen.
Scott has, as he intends, an interview with Sir
John llarvey, it is highly probable that a joint oc
cupation may he made of civil authorities to
to guard, what led to the dispute, the timhe-.
Mr. McLaughlen the warden of New Bruns- j
wick, denies in a printed report Hint the trespas- j
sers upon the Aroostook were acting under the !
authority of permits from the Governor of New i
Brunswick. The Maine papers have accused the !
Governor of New- Brunswick of granting these j
permits.
Five Dollars Counterlcit Bdls on the State Bank
are in circulation. The plan: is letter B,dated 2d
July, 183--- l”ii ** signature* engraved—paner
course, fl ick and oiJy'aud nearly a quarter of an
inch narrower and ghorter than the genuine hills. !
The str amer Vicfoiia arrived at Little Rock, Ar. ;
Kansas.on the 2d February having on board 228 of '
the ( M eruk.ee Indians among whom were John
Riiss, an his h-unilv. Mr Ross' wT-d'oil on the
ms ago just before arriving at Little Rock,
and w.is buried iuthe cemetery of that cifv.
The steamer Cuba , Meats on her passage trorr
this port to St. Joseph,was snagged and sack,;
thrto aiijes above Uloody J2pj.
THE GEORGIA MIRROR.
aa.. • aa& ataaaj&p*
FLORENCE. 6A.
IT loday, Liivh 56, I 539."
Hlate St*?!its Ticker,
FOR THE REDUCTION CONVENTION.
The following gentlemen have been nominated
by the State Rights party as candidates to repre
sent Stewart county in the Reduction Convention
to assemble the first Monday iu May :
W. BOYNTON,
M. GRESHAM,
T. GARDNER.
J. WOOD.
Chapman, the man who murdered his wife in
tae county ol Bilib, and who was sentenced tote
hung, at the last Superior Court of that county,
on Friday last, has been respited outil the 20th
day of December next.
A rep.rt is i*i circulation that Templeton, wfco
was sentenced to be hung on Friday, sth April, <u
this county, has also been respited, to what day
we have not heard.
A HURRICANE.
Avery heavy hurricane passed over the plan
tations of Messrs. Hillhouse, Toney, Baker,
Pace and others, on the river just above this
place, on Friday last, doiug immense damage in
its course. The negro houses on the several
plantations mentioned, were mostly blown down,
the fences completely laid to the ground, and the
fields covered with trees. The overseer’s dwell
ing, on tlie plantation of Mr. Toney, was consid
erably damaged by the Jailing of a tree, and the
family very narrowly escaped. From what we
have heard, we consider it a miraculous interfer
ence of Divine Providence, that no lives were lost
during the storm.
We take pleasure in calling the attention of our
citizens to the communication of Dr. H. T. N.
Benedict. From the testimonials presented by
Dr. B. we are sure the most doubting mind must
be convinced of his ability to do what he promi
ses—to give a practical knowledge of the English
Grammar in 2.5 days. Wo have seen many other
evidences ol the Doctor's success in teaching,
which speak of him in the highest and most flat
tering terms. Dr. B. will instruct a class here
alter he gets through with the one he is now in
structingin Lumpkin, provided a sufficient num
ber of pupils is obtained to detain him. Those
who may feel disposed to improve this opportuni
ty are requested to leave their names at this of
lice. Dr. B. wiil be here on Saturday next, and,
*f desired, w ill deliver a lecture an the science he
propose j to ttveh.
We have no apology to oiler our readers for
publishing, at length, tho" Remarks and Conclu
sions" of the Investigating Committee, on the
; )efalcatious of Swartwout aud Price. The time
h is arrived when the people should be continual
ly apprised of all the facts which this Committee
set forth, and thp conductor of a public press
who fails to lay these truths, which so intimately
i o'lcern every one, in their true and ungarbled
ivnucter, before the public, is unworthy thesta
iD 1 . he fills, aid is guilty of a dcrelic.**;>n of duty,
to >o aggravated a character, that he should re
ceive the malcdi of every lover of his coun
!i v, and every enemy to intrigue and corruption.
With these feelings we are sure, we could not be
blamed had we occupied every column of our pa
er with fact- so important, had it been necessary.
The "tern irks and conclusions” of the Com
mittee speak for themselves, and that too, in lan
trua emit to be misunderstood, but there is one
subject contained in this expose, to which we de
f 're. particularly, to direct the attention of every
1 Driest and candid reader. It will be recollected
by those who pay any attention to political mat
ters, that the Kioderhook Magician, in his last
Message to the Congress of the United States,
after speaking of the defalcations which had just
then leaked out, recommend the passage of an act
making it a penal offence for a collector to ap
propriate the money of the Government to his in
dividual use. But what says this committee
whose business has been to inquire into this mat
ter? They say, that not a single robbery has oc
i curred which had not been provided against by
law, already; aud had the law been enforced—
had Mr. Van Buren, who appeals to be so anx
ious to protect the Treasury, enforced the laws
enacted lor that purpose, instead of listening to
the advice of his political friends, who recommen
ded that some of those who were continually ,
puckeung that whicii did not belong to them, ;
migut not be interrupted in their work of pillag
ing and robbery, because they hail "influential
friends," and consequently might injure the Ad
ministration party in some election close at hand,
we should not now have u bankrupt Treasury nor
the honor and character of our Government blas
ted, neither would Congress have been put to the
necessity of sending a Committee to New York
to examine mto the defalcations of a Swartwout
or a Price. j
A man must be blind indeed, who caunot see
into Van Bureu’s motive iu making this recom
mendation. lie was well aware that he had beea
remiss in the dischargeof liisduty—lie knew that
lie liad, for party purposes, suffered the Treasury
robbed before his very eyes, without bringing the
robbers to justice and punishment, and conse
qaently found it absolutely necessary to makefile
people believe, if he could, that he would Lave
prevented all this, had the means been placed
within his reach. But the Magician’s wan must
fail him this once. The people are not tube thus
deceived—tiie means were plaaed within his reach
—tho rod of correction was placed within his
har'ds and the power was his to use it; but. fur
tho sake of sustaining his party ; for the purpose
of securing to himself the support of a set of n:e
uials who would delight to crouch at his footstool
ev.d lick the dust from off his feet, lie has suf
fered corruptions iu the management of the af
fairs of the Government, most dark and foul, to
be practiced, ami the Treasury robbed of innu
merable millions, without using tiie corrective
which was placed within his hands
"A” President ••whose character is thus raaik
ed by every act which may define a” villain, "is
unworthy to be the rpier of a free people,”
FOR THE QEORUIA MIRROR.
FREE BANKING
Messrs. Editors —A short time after the Leg
i-lature adjourned, our citizens were all o n p-toe
upon the subject of the Free Ban King Law, and
tiie necessity for the establishment of an institu
tion, under its provisions, in our flourishing little
town. Public meetings were called, Resolutions
passed approving such a course, and authorising
the opening of books for the subscription of stock ;
Articles of Association were adopted md publish
ed, both in your paper and in pamphlet form; di
vers committees were appointed, and oue for the
purpose, (if 1 recollect right,) of circulating the
Articles of Association of the "Fret* Holders
Bank of Florence,” in the adjoining counties, and
appoint agents in the different counties to open
books for tin* subscription of stock, and what has
since been done? l think 1 may auswer, without
fear of contradiction, —nothing, literally nothing.
A dead calm has succeed this powerful storm of
public opinion, that threatened, at one blast, to
sweep away all opposition to tlicir designs; and
now, no one seems to care whether wo .have a
Bank or no. The rich man. who has thousands
at liis command, can see no advantage lie c in de
rive by affording the poor man an opportunity of
releasing himself from the grasp of an inexora
ble creditor, who keeps sounding in bis ear, '‘pay
me what, thou owest for. if that were the case,
the opportunity would seldom piesent itself, for
the rich to purchase the property of the poov.it
sheriffs’ or constables' sales, 100 percent less than
its actual worth—nor shave the notes of the dis
tressed at 25 or 33jd per cent.—so the establish
ment of a Bank is of but little concern to him
He who owns stock in any of the local hanks in
the State feels no interest in the matter, unless it
is to keep a Free Bank down, and crush its oper
ations beneath his feet; because he is well con
vinced that when these banks are once established
his dividends will not be so great, nor his oppor
tunities to grind the poor to dust, will not be so
numerous. Tiie poor man, who has sufficiei.r
to invest a few thousand in the business of bank
ins, may feel a deep and absorbing interest in the
matter, yet, for want of energy, he remains quiet,
and waits for someone else whose means are mole
vinbie, to move in the business. Th s are all
effected oue way or the other, and nothing is liki -
ly to be done.
The fault with us is, that we talk all, and do
nothing, until the saying has become quite appli
cable to us, that "we are all talk and no cider." —
The people have not yet forgotten the hub bub
o de about the bridge;—Oh. yes, we are to hayi
a Bridge; the contract has been let at so many
thousaud dollars; the bill far the lumber has been
handed to the miller, and the work will undoubt
edly commence by the first of January. The
first of January has come and passed—the first, of
March lias come and gone never to be recalled,
and yet we have no bridge, uo work commenced,
and apt even f llit gtic k of timber visible for
*‘int purpose. And just so bout a Bank; we
will ii.sre a Bank, has been bawled in *hc gruq
this community,until tF were aime*i deafened by
tiie sound—but now, we hear nothing at all of it.
What is the matter ? Are the people disposed
to sleep and slumber over their interests, their
dearest interests? I hope not, and trust that
they will be aroused from their slumbers and make
another effort to have a Bank established as lias
been contemplated.
I ivish. before 1 close, to inquire of the mem
bers ot the committee appointed to circulate the
Articles of Association, nod appoint agents to o
pen books for tiie subscription of stock, if iiie\
liave discharged their duty, and who have they
appointed in the different counties as agents for
the purpose contemplated ? By answering thro’
the columns of the M'tror, they will oblige one
who feels a great interest in the matter, and who
is presumptuous enough to suppose he lias a
right to iuquire, A FARMER.
FOR THE GEORGIA MIRROB
- solicitude manifested by y ourselves
and others, that I should deliver a course of Lec
tures on English Grammar in your village, to
gether with the known proneness to doubt my a
bility to perform my stipulations, have induced
me to send the enclosed certificates, recently re
ceived from men of the first standing, who have
had abundant opportunities to test my system of
instruction for nearly twenty years.
J would also say, that 1 liave now a class in pro
gress at tbe Court House iu Lumpkin, and shall
be glad to wait ou any ot your citizens who will
tavor me xvith a call, that they may have an op
portunity to judge for themselves.
Ve ry res pc c tful ly vo u rs.
H. T. N. BENEDICT.
We, the undersigned, citizens of Jessamine
county, and Mate ot Kentucky, take great plea
sure in stating that we are personally acquainted
with Dr. H. T. N. Benedict, who was for many
y ears a citizen of this county. We deem it but
justice to liis moral worth, as a man of tbe high
est reputation and as a citizen, instate that he was
not only a good Christian hut an exemplary mem
ber of society.
W e further state tiiat Dr. Benedict was engag
ed in this county, for many years asa teacher, and
as to his qualifications, capability, indefatigability
aud sturcesis. iu imparting a lull, complete and
useful knowledge of whatever he may profess to
teach, we feel great gratification in say ng, that
we have nud a lull, lair and sufficient opportunity
of testing, as we liave had tLe advantage ol plac
ing our children under Ins tuition; and we cao
most confidently state, that uo man has ever keen
of greater, if equal, advantage to them. No one,
1 either, doubts his ability or qualifications, fully
and satisfactorily to discharge all the dunes in
cumbent on the preceptor. \\ e feel assured that
no oue can regret placing his children under tbe
tuition of Dr. Benedict; but, on the contrary, re
llect with satisiac’ion upon themselves for so dol
ing, as we now do. Given under our hands, this
lcth day ol February, 1839.
James Lusk, D. P. Watson.
T. B. •’•cult, H. Daniel.
Wm. Duncan, Henry Metcalf.
A. Ware, Thus. J. Brown.
Geo. J. Brown, Joseph Wallace.
11. Rowland, Dau'l B. Price.
Moreau brow a. Geo. T. < hrisman.
VVTn. R. Price, 1 hos. T. C’ogar.
A. Hemphill.
I feel gr -at pleasure in adding to the foregoing
testimonial, (with which 1 hastily concur.) that I
have been personally acquainted with the subject
•f it for 15 or more years, aud that I always found
him in all respects, to be the most upright, con
scientious and devoted preceptor I ever entrusted
the edocation of a numerous family of children
with, Two of them particularly, (of more ma
ture age then the rest,) gained much commenda
tion for their acquirements under the Doctor
one, iu the Milifa y Academy at West Point, on
his admission into that institution, tome years
ago ; and the other, at a highly respectable Acad.-
emy for young ladies in Lexington, in this State,
---and to the Dr. wa, stt; ibnted the credit of their
proficiency—deseivedly, I think. This tribute to
Dr. Benedict, 1 ieein due from nie, for iris many
virtues and attention to :nv children, entrusted to
ins management at various times.
JOHN H. IIALLY.
Cliff Cottage, Jessamine county, /
Kentucky, Feb. 19th. 1939.
Georgetoun, Ky. Feb. 22, 1839.
Dear Sir- -If I could pexsuiade myself tiiat my
opinion would b? of any use to you in tiie Staio
ot Georgia, i should have no hesitation iu stating,
that von have long been regarded as one of the
very best teachers of English Grammar, ever
known iu Kentucky.
Kesocctfullv. yours,
1\ FLOURNOY.
Dt. Benedict.
At the time Mattie belonged to the Slate of
Massachusetts, a member was returnned to the
Legislature from that district whose appearance
was remarkably rusty and shabby. His habili
ments were so iar below a mediocrity of respecta
bility that the doorkeeper doubted tlve validity of
his claims. "You anu mber of th* Legislature’*
lie enquired. "Yes sir,” was the reply; and
presenting his credentials, they were foundroiecl.
"And wus* tliu re no one else in vmir town Cos BeucJ? M
asked the door keeper as he more closely *ui vexed
the < a miniate from bead to foot. * Why ves,” said
he. "there was another man that had more lamia
• Ill'll I have, hut lie had not so good clothes."
-j~
To this county, on Wednesday evening last, by
the Lev p. Gardner, Mr. James L. Williams,
to Miss Martha Thomas, all of this place.
NEW STOKE.
PJMIE undersigned having associated them-
I selves under the name and stvle of Harvey
A: Chastain, offer lor sale anew and well selected
Stock of Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, Jfroia
Charleston, viz.
Broad Cloth,
Sattinetts,
Kineinetts,
Merino,
feiilk Lustring and Mattrouas,
French Muslin,
do Ginghams,
do Prints,
Scotch Ginghams
Anew assorted Stock of English and Ameri
can Prints, Furnitnie Prints, Bonne's, Hats,
Shoes, ol all kinds, Bud es, Saddles and Mart
ingales. Besides a variety ol other articles too
tedious to mention. \VI ich w ill be sold low tor
cash or undoubted creditors.
1 lie public are requested to coll and examine
for themselves,
JOHN r. HARVEY,
MORGAN CHASTAIN,
Match 23, IP"9 M
Hr*. %Vallon & Ilartvidgr,
MJTJAVING associ tel 'henise ves, in tho
JHlpiaeftce. fMe*jc .c ' S rg'ry, respect!. |y
oiler their Professional serViecs, i<> the Citizens of
Florence, and the surrounding country. Their
charges shall be regulated by a majority of tic
Physicians of Stewart County.
One or both, may always, be found at theirof
ficc on Broad Street, lately occupied by the Geor
gia Mirror.
March g 5 1839. 50
SSO reward:
ELOPED nom McLeods Feriy or,
jfk the 1 Bth inst. a negro man named Charles,
carpenter by trade; he worked the most
ol last year about liwintoti, Florence, an*
in the neighborhood of the latter place, he is
about 40 years of age, black, tolerably stout
made, his left leg is a little shorter than the right,
consequently ho appears to hop a little when
walking, his ears have been injured by frost. The
above reward will be paid sot his delievery to ute
on Sandy Creek, 5 miles above F-t. Gaines, or
•S»5 lor securing hint in any Jail, and giving in
formation so that I get him.
WILLIAM TONEY,
March 22. 1839 50 :'t
NOTICE.
fItHIS is to inform the public that a Band,
A given by Jesse Sim mens to George YV. Gol
laway, lor Titles to Lot of Laud No. 127, iu th»
22»1 district of originally Lee now Stewart county,
for which the said Gallaway gave two Note*-. on*
for SSOO, payable 25th December 1837, and tb»
other for $540. payable 25tb December 1838.-a-
The titles to have been effected tue 25'h Deo.
1838. The said Gallaway having failed to com
ply w ith the contract by not redeeming the abowo
mentioned notes, nor can neither be found or
heard of, the subscriber w ilt not consider the
bond any longer binding upon him, unless in*
shall come forward within 30 days withthe bcLd
and redeem the notes, when he may obtain the
Title.
JESSE SIMMONS.
Maringo Cos. Ala. March k’K* 1633.. JC 3'tp
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